# 1920 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1920.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Nine of the 38 seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 54 | +1 | 26 | 80 |
| Liberal | 19 | -3 | 6 | 25 |
| Irish Nationalist | 17 | +4 | 3 | 20 |
| Labour | 18 | -2 | 2 | 20 |
| Independent | 3 | +1 | 0 | 3 |
| Co-operative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1920 :
* Party
* Conservative
* Liberal
* Irish Nationalist
* Labour
* Independent
* Co-operative Party

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 19?? election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 19??.

### Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Francis William Bailey | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | | | Swing |

### Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Albert Edward Jacob | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Allerton

No. 35 Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | | Philip Nelson | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | win (new seat) | win (new seat) | win (new seat) | win (new seat) | win (new seat) |

### Anfield

No. 29 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | William Owen Thomas | 3,445 | 75% |
| | Labour | James Peter Redish | 1,149 | 25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,296 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,707 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,594 | 53% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alfred Griffiths * | 3,859 | 73% |
| | Labour | Albert Nicholas Denaro | 1,398 | 27% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,461 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,427 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,257 | 56% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Lawrence King | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Cookson | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Childwall

No. 38 Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Mrs. Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt | 491 | 66% | |
| | Labour | John Mouat Robertson | 250 | 34% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 241 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,207 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 741 | 34% | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |

### Dingle

No. 12 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Dalton Flood * | 5,214 | 75% |
| | Labour | William McIntosh Wright | 1,751 | 25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,463 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,212 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,965 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Daniel Charles Williams | 4,333 | 67% |
| | Labour | Bernard Louis Myer | 2,153 | 33% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,180 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,416 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,486 | 57% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 21 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Ellis | 3,736 | 56% |
| | Labour | James Whittaker | 2,931 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 805 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,672 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,667 | 57% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | Henry Granby | 907 | 52% |
| | Liberal | Frederick Charles Bowring * | 829 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,672 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,736 | 65% |
| | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | James Hughes * | 3,455 | 75% |
| | Co-operative Party | Edmund Rose | 1,154 | 25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,301 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,949 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,609 | 52% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Matthew Leitch sen. | 870 | 66% | |
| | Labour | John Williams | 452 | 34% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 418 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,577 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,322 | 51% | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Garston

No. 37 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joshua Burrows | 2,287 | 61% |
| | Labour | William Henry Paulson & | 1,468 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 819 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,187 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,755 | 72% |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Granby

No. 14 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Great George

No. 10 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | William Grogan | 1,766 | 65% |
| | Liberal | Samuel Skelton * | 955 | 35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 811 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,875 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,721 | 70% |
| | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### Kensington

No. 19 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Ashworth * | 4,174 | 65% |
| | Labour | William Burnett Smithwick | 2,280 | 35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,894 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,212 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,454 | 63% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John George Paris * | 5,486 | 70% |
| | Labour | Frederick Jones | 2,396 | 30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,090 | 40% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,288 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,882 | 55% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Henry Mitchell | 3,309 | 61% |
| | Labour | James Hamblett Johnstone | 2,086 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,223 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,454 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,395 | 57% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Harrison | 756 | 63% |
| | Labour | Charles Jabez Edwards | 438 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 318 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,585 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,194 | 75% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Ball * | 4,042 | 73% |
| | Labour | John Archibald Metcalfe | 1,481 | 27% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,561 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,349 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,523 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | William John Loughrey | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alfred Ernest Shennan | 3,617 | 69% |
| | Labour | John Edward Sunners | 1,599 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,018 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,945 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,216 | 52% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Henry Rutherford * | 3,461 | 76% |
| | Labour | Thomas Griffiths | 1,116 | 24% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,345 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,211 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,577 | 56% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | James William Baker | 2,780 | 55% |
| | Liberal | Alfred Gates * | 2,243 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 537 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,321 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,092 | 60% |
| | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | Patrick Alfred Durkin | 2,563 | 74% |
| | Liberal | Dr. James Clement Baxter * | 918 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,645 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,977 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,481 | 50% |
| | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Edward Backhouse | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Lawrence Durning Holt * | 991 | 91% |
| | Irish Nationalist | James Friery | 101 | 9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 890 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,607 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,092 | 42% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Michael Cory Dixon | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Frank Campbell Wilson * | 2,944 | 86% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor | 460 | 14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,484 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,607 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,404 | 61% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | David Gilbert Logan | 2,611 | 54% |
| | Labour | Henry Gaskin | 2,252 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 359 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,036 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,863 | 61% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | James O'Hare * | 1,234 | 69% |
| | Liberal | John Bennion | 542 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 692 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,494 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,776 | 51% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Walton

No. 25 Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Miller Platt * | 4,296 | 74% |
| | Labour | Robert Joseph McDonnell | 1,502 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,794 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,661 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,798 | 50% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Albert Thompson * | 3,540 | 78% |
| | Co-operative Party | Mrs. Jessie Ann Daniels | 982 | 22% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,558 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,521 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,552 | 43% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Henry Langton Beckwith * | 3,793 | 68% |
| | Labour | Robert Tissyman | 1,795 | 32% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,998 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,456 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,588 | 59% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edwin Haig * | 3,303 | 67% |
| | Labour | Albert Edward Johns | 1,612 | 33% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,691 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,040 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,915 | 61% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frederick William Riley | 3,755 | 71% |
| | Labour | Joseph Smith | 1,550 | 29% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,205 | 42% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,923 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,305 | 59% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## Aldermanic Elections
### Aldermanic Election 9 November 1920

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1920, the terms of office of eighteen alderman expired.
The following eighteen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1920 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| Party | Alderman | Ward |
| Conservative | Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP * | Breckfield |
| Conservative | William Boote * | Princes Park |
| Conservative | Edward James Chevalier JP * | Old Swan |
| Conservative | Arthur Crosthwaite JP * | Anfield |
| Liberal | John Lamport Eills JP * | South Scotland |
| Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant JP * | Warbreck |
| Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford * | North Scotland |
| Conservative | James Heald JP * | Much Woolton |
| Liberal | Joseph Harrison Jones | Exchange |
| Liberal | John Lea JP * | St. Domingo |
| Irish Nationalist | George Jeremy Lynskey * | Vauxhall |
| Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King JP * | Sandhills |
| Conservative | Frederick James Rawlinson JP * | Aigburth |
| Conservative | Esward Russell-Taylor JP * | Brunswick |
| Conservative | Sir Archibald Tutton Salvidge KBE * | Abercromby |
| Conservative | Anthony Shelmerdine JP * | Sefton Park West |
| Liberal | Frederick Smith JP * | Castle Street |
| Liberal | William Henry Watts * | St. Anne's |

### Aldermanic Election 2 March 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman William Roberts (Conservative, last elected as an Alderman by the council on 9 November 1913 on 17 January 1921, which was reported to the council on 19 January 1921.
In his place, Councillor Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, Princes Park, last elected 1 November 1920) was elected as an alderman by the council on 2 March 1921.
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Conservative | Charles Henry Rutherford JP | No. 25 Walton | 1923 |

### Aldermanic Election 6 April 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman James Heald (Conservative last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1920), in whose place Councillor Max Muspratt (Liberal, Vauxhall, last elected unopposed on 1 November 1914) was elected by the council as an alderman on 6 April 1921.
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Liberal | Max Muspratt JP | No. 36 Much Woolton | 1926 |

### Aldermanic Election 27 July 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman James Willcox Alsop OBE (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1914) on 19 May 1921, in whose place Councillor John George Paris (Conservative, Kirkdale, last elected 1 November 1920), Fine Art Dealer of 40 Falkner Square, Liverpool, was elected by the council as an alderman on 27 July 1921.
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Conservative | John George Paris | No. 15 Sefton Park East | 1923 |

## By-elections
### No. 14 Granby, 23 November 1920

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Joseph Harrison Jones (Liberal, Granby, elected 1 November 1918) by the council on 9 November 1920
No. 14 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Frederick Charles Bowring | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### No. 13 Princes Park, 13 December 1920

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone (Liberal, Princes Park, elected 1 November 1911( which was reported to the council on 1 December 1920.
No. 13 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Margaret Beavan JP | 1,883 | 79% |
| | | Thomas Griffith | 489 | 21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,035 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,372 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### No. 13 Princes Park, 14 March 1921

Caused by the election by the councillors of Councillor Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, Princes Park, last elected 1 November 1920) as an alderman on 2 March 1921, following the death of Alderman William Roberts (Conservative, last elected as an Alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1913) on 17 January 1921
No. 13 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | Robert Lowry Burns | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing |

### No. 4 Vauxhall

Caused by the election by the council as an alderman of Councillor Max Muspratt (Liberal, Vauxhall, last elected unopposed on 1 November 1914) on 6 April 1921, following the death of Alderman James Heald (Conservative last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1920).

### No. 24 Kirkdale 8 August 1921

Caused by the election as an alderman by the Council of Councillor John George Paris (Conservative, Kirkdale, last elected 1 November 1920) on 27 July 1921, following the death of Alderman James Willcox Alsop OBE (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1914) on 19 May 1921
No. 24 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | | Archibald Gordon Gullan | 3,839 | % |
| | | Frederick Jones | 1,450 | % |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | |

### No. 7 Castle Street 28 September 1921

Caused by the death of Councillor Frank Ambrose Goodwin (Conservative, Castle Street, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919) on 14 July 1921
No. 7 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Sandeman Allen | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |